StarGate 3DS will be available in September 2017 and already pre-orders have started!

A few weeks ago, we were contacted by long-time scene group about their new upcoming 3DS Flashcart, and were given a private demonstration of working on the New2DSXL and latest v11.5 firmware, using the upcoming MagnetHAX and other great things which have since become public last week, as such the team as decided to its time to announce their brand-new amazing 3DS Flashcart which they are calling 'StarGate 3DS', which is due for release next month in September, and pre-orders have already started on their site.

After a long challenging development period, we are very proud to finally announce the ultimate solution for Nintendo 3DS : StarGate 3DS !

Compatible with all consoles models & versions, all games formats whether they are designed for DS or 3DS, emulators and more, there is simply nothing StarGate 3DS won’t do.

Easy to use, StarGate 3DS is a must have companion for your 3DS/XL, 2DS/XL. No need to check your console version, no need to mess around with dangerous hacks, just PLUG & PLAY.

StarGate 3DS will be available in September 2017 and we are already taking pre-orders. Order now if you want to be among the first to enjoy the best that your console can do.

KEY FEATURESAll the wonderful things Stargate 3DS has to offer.

Support for DS roms

Support for 3DS roms

Support for GBA, NES, SNES, ... emulators

Support for ntrboothax / magnethax

DS mode GUI menu

High performance ultra low power SoC

Fully updatable

Easy to useNo need for complicated processes. No programming skills required. Just Plug & Play

We will be posting our own exclusive review in the coming weeks, as will other popular news sites, but we already seen this product working a few weeks ago, and it lives up to the claims on their official website, and is fully upgradable for more amazing magic in the future, so stay tuned as we bring you more news coverage on this latest scene product that cracks the Nintendo scene wide-open.

Stargate 3DS is getting closer to full shipping launch, in the meantime the development team has released a exclusive video preview of the launch Stargate 3DS features, and review samples are due to be shipped soon, and more great 3DS scene news is coming, so stay tuned!
We are getting closer to Stargate 3DS public launch, which is expected mid-October 2017, so it is time for a first look at some of our exclusive features. You can discover them in this video: (attached below)

We will release more info's and features in the weeks to come before it is available for retail.

Please note if you are due to receive a sample, we expect to ship them around the end of the month. We will send you an email with your tracking number as soon as we do.

Stargate 3DS is the ultimate 3DS flash cart. There is simply nothing it doesn't do. It includes all the features, functions etc. from all existing solutions in one simple to use device. Users who purchase a Stargate 3DS will simply never need anything else.

Finally, some good StarGate 3DS news, the big day has come as reviewers are soon going to be getting their hands on the first units, and then resellers will be getting stock just in time for the busy holiday season, so get ready to play the latest Nintendo 3DS games!

We are happy to announce that the first Stargate units have been shipped today to selected reviewers. You should see the first reviews online end of this week, which we hope will show you more of the Stargate amazing features and its ease of use.

Stargate 3DS is fully upgradable. It comes now with its first firmware which reviewers will cover. Our support team will release updates to improve our product. Customers’ support is a priority to us. Stargate will be fully supported and the most advanced 3DS flashcard for the years to come.

The first DS menu system files are already available in our download section. Original firmware 1.0 is pre-installed on the cart itself.

First retail copies are being sent to vendors next week. We are doing our best to ensure enough stocks for Christmas delivery. But remember most resellers work on a first come-first served basis, so we strongly advise to place your order now to guarantee a Christmas delivery as demand is very high!

We will publish here some review links. We very much look forward to them and to your feedback. Do not hesitate to email us to request extra features, suggest improvements or anything else. Technical support and quality update service are very important to us. You can find our contact details here.

Best regards
Stargate 3DS Team.

So there you go, soon we will have our own exclusive MaxConsole review posted here, and stay tuned for more info, in the meantime check out their official site for resellers.

Improve the DS Menu System Look & Feel, and Win Some StarGate 3DS Units For The Holidays!

StarGate 3DS is already shipping out to reviewers and to resellers, and their DS Menu System Files is already on their site for download, and since its base on the R4 Wood type setup it is very easy for people to Skin, and as such the StarGate 3DS team has decided to setup with us an nice exclusive giveaway contest to help improve their DS look and feel, and if you are picked, you will win some FREE StarGate 3DS Flashcarts which will be shipped out during the holidays just in time for some nice New Year's Eve gaming action with your Nintendo 3DS friends, plus you will get your winning skin featured as a download on their official site, so get to work skinning, and lets see whom is the best, and good luck to all, but remember this giveaway contest ends on December 25th, 2017 so get to work fast before you miss out!

GIVEAWAY PRIZES:

First Place - Wins THREE StarGate cards!

Second Place - Wins TWO StarGate cards!

Third Place - Wins ONE StarGate card!

GIVEAWAY RULES:

Features StarGate Branding somewhere (this is a MUST)

Must be family-friendly (no NSFW, ie. remember children play 3DS)

Must not 'copy' work of others, be unique your own creation!

After submitting an contest entry, share this thread to your social media

Winners will be picked on Christmas day, December 25th, 2017

So there you go, get to work, start up your Photoshop, grab some R4 Wood skinning tutorials and submit your improvements, and good luck to all, looking forward to seeing your all your creations, and the three big winners when they are selected on Dec. 25th and announced here and on StarGate's official site which is linked below!

The wait is finally over. The ultimate Nintendo 3DS flash cart is here: the Stargate 3DS.

In this review, the basic operations of this flash cart will be covered as well as testing several DS and 3DS games. This flash cart is plug and play and can switch between DS and 3DS mode on the fly as well as within its DS menu.

After my initial review of the pre-release version earlier this weekend, the StarGate 3DS team has been working with me on some of the issues i found during my initial review and extensive testing, and I have posted an update from them HERE which you can read, and have updated some of my points in my review below.

Please note that this is a pre-release version of the Stargate 3DS Nintendo 3DS flash cart. The final version may differ slightly and have improved compatibility over this one. This flash cart currently does not support “region free” (Retail ROM images of games from outside the region of the console it is inserted into are not supported. For example, it does not officially play Japan and Europe ROMs on a USA system). If you require region free, use Ntrboothax / magnethax and install a CFW (custom firmware).

In the past, 3DS flash carts required files to be copied onto the internal SD card of the console and the user to go into some system menus to launch. That is not the case with the Stargate 3DS. It operates similar to the old style DS flash carts, only requiring its firmware files and menu to be copied directly to its own microSD card. This is very convenient especially for New 3DS owners because now the user is not required to open the back of the New 3DS or the side panel of the Old 3DS system to get the MicroSD or SD card out of their system.

We will begin by taking a look at the Stargate 3DS package and its contents.

More info and pictures are on MaxConsole website.

The Stargate 3DS ships in a tall thin box with a matte finish. Within the box is the Stargate 3DS as well as a MicroSD to USB adapter with a nice Stargate 3DS logo printed on it. The inner box also has the Stargate 3DS logo and has a flap secured by a small transparent circle sticker.

This flash cart is the easiest to set up and use. This is the first and only 3DS flash cart that operates as plug and play. All that is required is copying the firmware / menu set to the MicroSD card that is to be inserted into the flash cart. Once this is done, insert the Stargate 3DS into the 3DS console and turn it on. This flash cart can also be ejected and removed and put back in while the system is operating just like a retail cartridge.

When inserting the Stargate 3DS into the console, the cover sticker can get caught on the metal chassis of the system. This is not going to be the case on the final product. A thinner sticker will come with it. The pre-release cartridge itself is not too thick but it is just thick enough for this to become a small issue. Removing the cartridge is easy but it may not come out as smoothly as a retail cartridge due to the sticker being just thick enough to cause it to be a tiny bit snug inside the console.

The Stargate 3DS comes equipped with a small set of two buttons, a micro USB female port, and an LED changing color light indicator for operation. The two small buttons are for selecting 3DS ROMs but when both are pressed at the same time, the flash cart enters DS mode. To update the internal firmware of the flash cart, there is a micro USB female port included. This port is not important to this review because there is no new firmware available currently so the operation of this port will not be included. For the light indicators, when the LED is red, that means there is a problem with the microSD card that is inserted. Green indicates that it is reading the game image and a momentary purple flash indicates that its status is OK.
Let’s try out some games and test both 3DS and DS modes.

3DS games can be selected either by using the left and right buttons on the flash cart or from within the Nintendo DS flash cart mode’s menu which will be discussed next.

Tested 3DS games:

Working:

Asphalt 3D

BlazBlue Continuum Shift 2

Bust a Move Universe

Castlevania Mirror of Fate US

Corpse Party

Disney Art Academy

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (New 3DS XL with CFW)

Dragon Ball Fusions

Dragon Quest VII

Hyrule Warriors Legends

Kid Icarus Uprising

Kirby Planet Robobot

Kirby Triple Deluxe

Lego City Undercover

Madden Football

Mario Golf World Tour

Mario Kart 7

Mario Party Island Tour

Mario Tennis Open

Megaman Legacy Collection

Metroid Federation Force

Metroid: Samus Returns (New 3DS XL with CFW)

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

New Super Mario Bros. 2 (dumped from original cart through Godmode9)

Picross 3D Round 2 New 3DS

Pilotwings Resort

Pokemon Omega Ruby and Omega Sapphire

Pokemon X and Y

Puzzle Dragons Z + Puzzle Dragons Super Mario Edition

Rayman 3D

Ridge Racer 3D

Sega 3D Classics Collection

Sega 3D Classics Collection Volume 2 Japan (New 3DS XL with CFW)

Sega 3D Classics Collection Volume 3 Japan (New 3DS XL with CFW)

Shadow Warriors Chronicles

Sonic Boom Fire and Ice

Starfox 64 3D

Steel Diver Sub Wars (dumped from original cart through Godmode9)

Super Mario 3D Land

The Oregon Trail

Transformers Dark of the Moon

World Wrestling All Stars

WRC FIA World Rally Championship (New 3DS XL with CFW)

Yoshi's New Island

Zelda A Link Between Worlds

Zelda Triforce Heroes

Not Working:

All eShop 3DS titles

All Europe games (on a US console, region free is not supported yet)

All Japan games (on a US non-modified console)

Castlevania Mirror of Fate Japan (on a US console, region free is not supported yet)

eShop 3D Classics Kid Icarus

eShop Mega Man 6

Mario Party The Top 100

New Super Mario Bros. 2 (bad dump)

Pokemon Sun and Moon

Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

Steel Diver: Sub Wars (bad dump)

Some 3DS titles are not working which are the newest games. This is going to be addressed in a future update. Bad dumps that work on other flash carts do not work on the Stargate 3DS. I was amazed to see that the “scene” improperly dumped at least a couple of common games and that I could do an exact duplicate of a retail cart without any issue. Of course I had to use CFW in order to dump the games myself.

In order to access DS mode, press both buttons on the flash cart together while the system is on. The Alex Rider: Stormbreaker game icon will then be displayed and upon launching will take the user to the DS menu. DS games are directly launched and played from within this menu. If a 3DS game is selected, it will take the user back to the 3DS system menu and display the icon for the game there. Please note that I tested Castlevania games which, in the past, had compatibility issues with slow microSD cards in DS flash carts.

Tested DS games:

Working:

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

Age of Empires: Age of Kings (Europe)

Bomberman DS (Japan)

Call of Duty 4 (Japan)

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin

Chrono Trigger

Diddy Kong Racing

Dragon Quest V

Mario Kart DS

Metal Slug 7

Pokemon Diamond

Super Mario 64 DS

Tetris DS

Yoshi Touch & Go

Not working:

None!

All Nintendo DS games work fine and do not freeze. Just remember to format the microSD card as FAT32, otherwise you will get two white screens and be forced to either go back to the main system menu or power off the console. Currently this flash cart does not currently support exFAT for DS games, but this will be added later in a future update.

On a New 3DS system with CFW (custom firmware), I was able to get a couple Japanese games to work. These were: Sega Classics Collection volumes 2 and 3. The other game I tested, Castlevania: Mirror of Fate (Japan version) did not work. Keep in mind that neither region free nor CFW is currently supported by Stargate 3DS and since there are multiple different CFW in the wild, you can possibly get region free to work on your own for more games.

The problem with running CFW on the New 3DS is that it makes the Stargate 3DS’ DS mode incompatible with the console and it will display garbled screens on both the upper and lower screens, asking the user to select a language. This is not normal operation of the DS mode on this flash cart. CFW is not currently officially supported by the Stargate 3DS and different CFW versions may have different results. If you already have CFW on your system and need to uninstall it, use the B9S-Uninstall script after launching Godmode9.

Another problem I found was that DS games give two white screens if launched from a microSD card formatted with exFAT. The DS games ran flawlessly from a FAT32 volume microSD card. exFAT will be added for DS games in a future update.

Compatibility with late 3DS games was also an issue. Every ROM ran fine up until Mario Party The Top 100, Pokemon Sun and Moon, Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and Metroid: Samus Returns. Metroid: Samus Returns ran fine when the New 3DS was running CFW but would not be recognized after CFW was removed from the console. Compatibility for these games is being worked on and will be included in a future update to the cartridge's firmware.

I also found that if you are running the incorrect system firmware revision, newer games will refuse to load. So make sure that you are running the appropriate version of the system firmware for the games you are playing. This is a ROM software issue and not an issue related to the Stargate 3DS itself.

Nintendo eShop 3DS ROMs are also incompatible with the Stargate 3DS. They will not run and if the user manages to select the game on the main screen of the 3DS, it will not display an icon for the game. The eShop games are hacked to work so it is not too surprising that they do not work on this flash cart.

The Stargate 3DS supports online gaming mode. This requires a proper header file to be applied to the ROM to be played online. In the past, we saw the need for a new file extension: *.3dz files. The *.3dz file extension games do not display in its menu and cannot be launched. Renaming the *.3dz files to *.3ds allows the games to be recognized and to launch and be played online.

This flash cart is the latest and to be the greatest flash cart of all time after team Stargate 3DS does a few updates. Currently, it is excellent for those whom just want to play their region of 3DS games and DS games without having to modify their console in any way. Team Stargate is prepared to support this product for several years with updates to both 3DS and DS modes. We should be seeing better compatibility of games, DS cheat mode, better exFAT support, region free, and more in the future.

In its current state, with the issues faced while testing this flash cart, I give this flash cart a B+. It is excellent as a plug-and-play flash cart but lacks a few features that people are used to seeing in a 3DS flash cart package.

Pros:

Supports all Nintendo 3DS and 2DS console variants.

Supports all versions of System NAND (all of the 3DS console’s internal system “Version”).

Fully plug and play.

Supports 99% of 3DS games per console region (future updates will allow the entire library to run).

Does not require any files to be installed on the console’s internal SD card.

Does not require the 3DS console to be software or hardware modified.

Supports both DS and 3DS games.

Supports online gaming.

On the fly switching between DS and 3DS mode.

3DS and DS ROMs supported within the DS mode menu.

Better updates supporting more CFW variants will be added.

Super NES and a few more in house emulators are in the works.

A new Japanese font will be added that will be more readable, as requested by Japanese users.

Low power consumption SoC design.

Updates for years to come (no need to buy a new flash cart later).

Cons:

DS games do not work from exFAT microSD cards (FAT32 file system is required, this will be addressed in a future update).

The latest 3DS games do not currently work (this will be addressed in future updates).

Nintendo eShop 3DS games do not currently work (eShop titles are tricky even on CFW).

Not officially region free (install CFW if region free is required).

Does not fully support all CFW (custom firmware. Updates to compatibiity will be added).

Does not support Gateway 3DS split rom format (use exFAT for large ROMs greater than 2GB in size. This wil be added in the future).

Does not have a spring loaded microSD card slot. (some people prefer it this way and the final product may differ from this pre-release version)

Stargate 3DS sticker can easily get caught on the 3DS chassis when inserting the cart. (Since this is a pre-release of the product, this will be addressed on the final version of the cart with a thinner sticker)

Final Review Notes!

After my initial review of the pre-release version earlier this weekend, the StarGate 3DS team has been working with me on some of the issues i found during my initial review and extensive testing, and I have posted an update from them HERE which you can read, and have updated some of my points in my review above.

Many thanks to Team Stargate 3DS for providing me with this pre-production review sample before the final retail versions ship out next week to resellers and pre-orders. This flash card kit normally retails for around 70 to 90 Euros (shop around for the best price, check out the official resellers listed on the Stargate website) and is definitely the future of gaming on the Nintendo 3DS handheld. This flash cart on-board CPU is also totally firmware upgradable via its MicroUSB port and as such will be supported with many updates by Team Stargate for years to come. Plus alot of my cons reviewing the pre-production model have already been addressed by the team and updated firmware will soon be available on their official website which is linked below.

It is not the same team, but the 'sales staff' (aka) Darren, etc. is same in china, this device is infact an replacement for Sky3DS+ design, with more features, and support and upgrades.

I just spoke with GW coder/team earlier today before this announcement when public, and big update for GW flashcart is still coming out soon, not sure on ETA, but it is still coming and all GW flashcarts will be updated for the latest emunand plus some more features to be included.

I guess the best you can say about this card is that it should be easy to use -- an all-in-one of Gateway, Sky3ds, and DS flashcard.
Kind of a high price to pay just to avoid using The Guide. I think it will be $80, just like sky3ds+.

If it's only $30 or so and can use Gateway's cheat menu it might be worthwhile. Anything more than that, or with no extra features then not really. It isn't hard to find a 11.3 console and if you can't then an R4i for NTRBoothax is only like $20.

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